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Mekong Delta launches first robotics, AI research institute

4,060 new cases announced on Saturday morning

COVID-19 update

Food delivery buses deployed to secure supplies for residents of HCM City

A total of 10 food delivery buses have been deployed across HCM City in an attempt to secure food supplies for city residents as part of a joint initiative between HCM City authorities and Phenikaa MaaS Technology JSC (Phenikaa MaaS).

Việt Nam records second-highest daily COVID-19 increase on Friday, adds nearly 300 deaths

Việt Nam recorded 8,622 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections along with 27 imported cases in the past 24 hours, making this the second-highest daily new cases since the beginning of the pandemic, pushing the total in the fourth wave to 133,257.

3,657 new COVID-19 cases, 139 more deaths announced on Friday evening

HCM City to shorten medical procedures to speed up vaccination programs

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long is allowing HCM City to pilot shortening the COVID-19 vaccination procedure as a way to save time and speed up the vaccination rollout in the city.

President visits pandemic epicentres HCM City, Bình Dương

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked HCM City to continue to strictly implement the current high level of social distancing measures.

COVID-19 patients with no symptoms will quarantine at home for 14 days

Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine, according to new guidelines released by the HCM City Department of Health on Thursday.

New approach, new solutions necessary for long fight: PM

The fight against COVID-19 will be long even when vaccines are available, therefore, there must be new approaches and new solutions, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday.

Vietnamese man jailed in UK for producing cannabis

Cao Văn Vũ, 31, was sent to prison for 40 months for his part in the illegal operation. He will be deported back to Việt Nam after serving his sentence.

Stay home, stay strong, keep coronavirus at bay

The country’s fourth wave of the coronavirus has not even lasted three months, yet Việt Nam was struggling to keep the level of cases under control.

Hundreds of Covid-19 cases detected in Bình Dương companies

Hundreds of COVID-19 cases have been detected in a company that set up temporary tents for workers to avoid the spread of the coronavirus and maintain production in Bình Dương Province.

MoH to assists businesses access global COVID-19 vaccine fund

The Ministry of Health has confirmed it will do its best to help facilitate the import, licensing and testing of COVID-19 vaccines.

HCM City, Tây Ninh Province closer to beginning work on expressway

HCM City and neighbouring Tây Ninh Province plan to start building the HCM City-Mộc Bài Expressway at an estimated cost of VNĐ13.61 trillion (US$587 million).

Fifth distribution of vaccines in HCM City to include elderly, poor

HCM City is deploying the fifth period of COVID-19 vaccination for local people, in which priority is given to people over 65 years old, people with great contribution to the nation and the poor.

Blood donors needed as supplies dwindle due to COVID-19

Blood transfusion hospitals and centres nation-wide now have faced the most difficult and stressful situation since 2020 so far due to blood shortages because the COVID-19 pandemic is showing very complex developments.

Three more COVID-19 intensive care centres to be set up in HCM City to cope with rising severe cases

Doctors and medical personnel from three central-level hospitals across Việt Nam will help set up three COVID-19 intensive centres with 3,000 beds in HCM City in a bid to reduce the number of deaths amid rising number of seriously ill patients.

HCM City to get 100 more ambulances for transporting COVID patients to hospital

The HCM City Department of Health plans to buy ambulances and call on private hospitals and companies to hand over theirs so that emergency aid teams can transport patients amid the relentlessly rising incidence of COVID-19.

UK donates 415,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses, Czech Republic pledges 250,000

The UK will donate 415,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Việt Nam, as the country begins to ship their surplus supply to countries across the world, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has announced.

Stem cell transplants offer new hope for muscle disease in Hà Nội

The Hà Nội-based 108 Military Central Hospital has announced that for the first time, its doctors successfully applied stem cell transplantation to treat a patient with myasthenia gravis - a rare long-term condition that causes muscle weakness.